Plane wrong: Mozambique’s leader buys a £7million private jet while his people starve and the country gets £55million a year in UK foreign aid
- Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi has spent £7 million on a private jet
- He used the executive jet for the inauguration of new the Zimbabwean president
- Critics said the aircraft was bought with a loan from the state-owned BNI bank
The aircraft, a 14-seater Bombardier Challenger 850, was bought last month for $9.2 million and was used to fly President Nyusi to the inauguration of new Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Passengers enjoy a plush carpeted cabin with leather seats. The jet is apparently more luxurious than the president’s previous aircraft, a Hawker 850 XP, in more utilitarian Mozambique Air Force livery.
According to respected economic and political newsletter Africa Confidential, the aircraft was bought with a loan from the state-owned BNI bank, which is closely linked with the finance ministry. ‘Commentators were amazed at the insensitivity and extravagance of the acquisition in view of the country’s deep economic crisis,’ it reported.
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